COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND CORTICOSTEROID INJECTION OR BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY IN GOLFER’S ELBOW OF ATHLETES

2021, January, Volume 11-Number 1
Author name : Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dutta1
Page no : 24-29 Volume : 11 Issue : 1

doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2021-46257948/IJPESAS/2021/JAN/V11/I1/A5


Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dutta1


Affiliations:

1 M.B.B.S., M.S (Ortho), Dip. In Sports Med. (JU), Associate professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical science & Hospital, 137, K.P. Mondal Road, Buita, Budge Budge, Kolkata – 700137, duttaranjitkumar1952@gmail.com


ABSTRACT


Present study was  done  to  find  out  the  difference  in  treatment  of Golfer’s  elbow  in  athletes  and their  effect  on them . Fifty athletes, both male  and  female  were  selected  from  different  sports.  Their  age  range  was  between  20 years  to  35 years. 6  athletes  were  lost  in  follow-up. The diagnosis  was  done  by  history , physical  examination , radiography , ultrasound and  EMG/NCS. They  were  categorized  as  mild , moderate and severe  types  of  disabilities. 15  of  them  were  selected  for  intralesional  corticosteroid  injections , 15  for physiotherapy and  14 for combined  therapy .In  4 weeks  improvement  was  noted  with  corticosteroid  injection  group , less  with  physiotherapy, but  good  improvement  with  combined group . In  12  weeks   deterioration’  were  noted  in  only  injection  group , more   improvement was  noted  with  physiotherapy  group  but  significant improvement  was  noted  with  combined  group.  At  26  weeks  more  deterioration  with  only  injection  group  but  excellent  improvement  was  noted  with  combined  group. Even  physiotherapy  alone  group  showed  better results.


Key Words – Physiotherapy, Intralesional  Corticosteroid  injections, Categorized.


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